Stove-pipe thimble



(No Model.)

'D. A. SMITH I STOVE PIPE THIMBLE. No. 339,701. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

lhvrreo STATES ATENT- @rrrcn.

DELOS ALFRED SMITH, OF LOCKE, MICHIGAN.

STOVE-PIPE THIMBLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,701., dated April13, 1886.

Serial No. 174,870. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. DELOS ALFRED SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Locke, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan,haveimented certain new and useful [In proveuientsin Stove-PipeThiinhles; and I do declare the following to he a full. clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theartto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon,which form a partofthis specification.

This invention has relation toiniproveznents in devices for holding theend of a stove-pipe inserted within the hole in a chimney; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrange ment of a chimneythimble,whereby the pipe is securely held thereto and prevented from becomingdisplaced, and also serving to prevent smoke and fire from entering theroom at this point of the stove-pipe, all as will be hereinafter fullyexplained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustratemy-1nvention,in which Figure 1 represents a front view of my device, andFig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thechiinuey-thiinble, of the usual circular form, in'whieh are construm-ted two slots, (4. a, and a perforation, b, and a flange, c,surrounding the opening cl, through which projects the end of astovesistiug of two portions or halves, c e, which" are pivoted to oneanother, as at f, and said pivot-pin extends through the perforation bin the thirnble and is headed, thus securing the clamping-plate thereto,and preventing the two parts A and B from being separated. Thisclampingplate is provided with in ward ly-projecting pins g g, whichpass through the slots a. in the thiinble, in which they play when thetwo halves of the clamping plate are manipulated in securing the pipe tothe thinlhie.

The free ends of the clamping-plate are provided with projecting lugsi1. 11, which are perforated to receive a bolt, 6, having a securingnut,in, by means of which the clamp is tightly drawn around the end of thestove-pipe.

It will be seen that. after the stove-pipe is inserted through thethinihle the two sections are brought together, the bolt screwed up,thus securely locking the pipe to the thimble. The slots in the latterserve to guide and hold the se tions to the thinible.

\Vhat 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described chiinney-ihimhle, consisting of the thimble A,having the slots a, the plate B, composed of two sections pivoted to oneanother and to the thirnbleas described, and provided with the pins 9,extending through the slots (1, and lugs 11 having the securing bolt '5.the whole adapted to operate as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DELOS ALFRED SMITH.

ito asses:

L. DANA. A. DURHAM.

